Cookie making

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I admire cooking and baking blogs which have beautiful photographs but often struggle with photographing my own creations or the process of making them. The kitchen is normally a mess so finding a good spot is a struggle, the natural light at my current home is pretty awful, I often bake late at night, the camera isn’t charged. And often not even the fanciest filter on Instagram (long live iPhone photography) cannot help. So it is a rare treat when someone is willing to take photos of me or my baking. These photos are well overdue – my wonderfully talented sister took them of me a year ago and I’ve been dying to share them but one thing led to another… Anyways, I am a strong believer in ‘Better late than never’ so here we go. Thank you, Vanina, I  love those shots almost as much as I love you!

Cookies & hands Tools Baked Cookies Decorated cookies

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GARDEN-THEMED BIRTHDAY CAKE

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So I had all those posts planned in my head… Mother’s day (in March where I am based), Easter, etc. But now it’s been way after each of these events so I decided to forget about the plan and post everything backwards. Starting with my latest baking creation: a birthday cake for a keen gardener!

Me and my friend who ordered it didn’t want fondant so this made it a little more complicated but I am still happy with the result. Red velvet cake with cream cheese all the way (albeit painted green on the outside) and all edible decorations:

red velvet birthday cake

I loved making all the decorations but my favorite is the watering can. Too much cute, I think!

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FINALLY A DECORATING COURSE

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So this week I finally did a celebration cake and a cupcake decorating class. While I am not 100% happy with the way the celebration cake came out (fondant can be tricky), my cupcakes turned out absolutely adorable, if I may say so. Without further explanations, here they are:

cupcakes decoration

My only concern is that the newly learned techniques might put a stop to my cream cheese frosting obsession, at least for a while. Buttercream is unfortunately the best for piping this way so this weekend I have had to switch already to buttercream.

Stay tuned for pictures of the 24 courgette and chocolate cupcakes I need to decorate tonight. Yes. On a Friday night. No. I am not crazy. K?

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